Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
January 5, 2019 19:30 Common Dolphin 8 0 Bow riding 10

4 miles off Bradda head

Ste Lee
January 4, 2019 08:55 Bottlenose Dolphin 70 10 Feeding or foraging 275

Between Port Mooar and Maughold

Laura, Elaine Murray and others
January 2, 2019 14:30 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 30

West of the Sound

Neil Barron
January 2, 2019 12:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Fast swim or porpoising 20

Port Mooar

Laura (Whats App group)
January 2, 2019 15:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Normal swimming 10

West of Point of Ayre

Liza Fennell
January 1, 2019 12:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Fast swim or porpoising 30

Cornaa

Natalie Leung
December 27, 2018 11:00 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Feeding or foraging 20

The Ledges, Port St Mary

Neil Barron
December 21, 2018 11:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Laxey bay

The Shed, Laxey
December 17, 2018 08:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 50 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Onchan to Groudle

Chris Callow, Colin
November 27, 2018 12:00 Unidentified Large Cetacean 1 0 Blowing 5

2k off Chasms

Neil Barron
November 26, 2018 12:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 25 5 Feeding or foraging 240

Peel breakwater

Drew Humphries, Tony Middlemass etc.
November 25, 2018 15:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 25 5 Feeding or foraging 30

Peel castle

Tom Felce
November 24, 2018 13:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 25 5 Fast swim or porpoising 120

Orrisdale Head to Peel

Colin and Alan Moffatt
November 18, 2018 12:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Sugarloaf

Caoilfhoinn Geraghty
November 11, 2018 10:05 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Feeding or foraging 60

Glen Maye to Peel

Brian Maddrell, Peel breakwater kiosk

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 8, 2023 18:45 3 3 Suspected feeding 10 White beach niarbyl Matt Tyrer
May 8, 2023 20:20 1 1 Swimming 10 Peel breakwater Will holden
May 7, 2023 12:00 1 Swimming 10 Point of Ayre Liz Charter
May 6, 2023 11:10 1 Swimming 5 Port Erin bay Kathleen
August 28, 2022 10:00 3 Suspected feeding 360 Peel bay Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others
August 25, 2022 11:00 0 1 Tight circling 300 Niarbyl Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward
August 24, 2022 08:30 1 Suspected feeding 240 Peel Breakwater John Hills, Max Crookall
August 21, 2022 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 120 Port Erin Debbie McGregor
August 20, 2022 11:00 1 Parellel swimming 10 Peel Castle Jonathan Reilly
August 15, 2022 18:35 1 Swimming 5 Back of the Calf Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat
August 14, 2022 13:50 1 Suspected feeding 120 West of the Sound MWDW
August 13, 2022 19:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Langness Laura Elizabeth
August 11, 2022 19:25 1 Suspected feeding 10 Warts Bank, Calf of Man Gemini
August 10, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Orrisdale head Katie Robertson
August 10, 2022 19:40 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Erin-Sound John Rimmer